It’s hard to imagine a team more in desperate need of a win than the Long Beach Poly football team. The Jackrabbits entered Friday night’s contest with Tustin at 0-2, and hosting their last nonleague game before getting into the Moore League and then facing nationally-ranked Mission Viejo. Poly looked dead in the water trailing […]
The Millikan football team has forfeited two season-opening wins, The562 has confirmed with the Rams’ administration. According to a message sent to parents Friday morning, “Millikan has confirmed that the first two varsity football games of the 2025-26 season have been forfeited due to the participation of an ineligible player, as required under CIF-SS rules. […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. It was hot and loud inside the gym Thursday evening, with two scrappy teams fighting and clawing for an early hold on […]
The Long Beach Poly football team plays its third game of the year Friday night at home at Veterans Memorial Stadium at 7pm, as the 0-2 Jackrabbits are desperate to get their first win. It won’t be easy and they won’t be favored: Poly hosts undefeated Tustin, and the Cal Preps algorithm projects that the […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Wilson volleyball star Simrin Adams recently committed to Stanford, where she will continue her decorated career on the sand, leaving indoor volleyball behind when she graduates Wilson in the 2027. “Leading up to recruitment Stanford wasn’t at the top of my […]
Randy Moffitt: 10/13/1948 – 08/28/2025 The city lost a baseball legend last week with the passing of Long Beach Poly and Long Beach State MLB product Randy Moffitt, who died at home after an illness at the age of 76. Moffitt is a member of several local Halls of Fame and was an MLB pitcher […]
Long Beach Poly is not the home of moral victories. Jackrabbit fans are a notoriously dissatisfied bunch, so there’s no doubt that most of them will look at Friday night’s loss on the road at San Diego Lincoln and simply remark that Poly has now started the season 0-2 following a 36-20 defeat at the […]
The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser.